Praying for a last minute pardon with only hours to live, a death row prisoner  tries saving someone else's life: a test-subject chimpanzee in medical captivity. 

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From solitary confinement he reenacts a court trial, having sued his former employer-- a Bio-research lab-- to free this one chimp to sanctuary. Induced with undisclosed diseases for 40 years, the puppet primate (having learned English), complicates things by asking the jury to liberate more animals than just himself.  

 

Writer/director/actor/puppeteer, Kevin Augustine crafts a challenging, contemporary tale on oppressive systems that intertwine the fates of both human and animal lives. Two parallel stories unfold in this interactive drama, making the audience not only decision makers in these outcomes but also co-puppeteers on stage-- helping Augustine bring his cast of animal puppets to life.